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Can I Find a Path Through Pain to Healing? With Ed and Lisa Young [Episode 294]

find path pain healing ed lisa young

GIVEAWAY ALERT: You can win the book A Path Through Pain by this week’s podcast guests. Keep reading to find out how!

Most of us spend our lives avoiding pain at every turn. So when we do experience it, it can send us into a tailspin. We might begin to question why God even allows it, how anything good can come from it, and if we really can trust Him in it.

Well, bestselling authors and pastors of Fellowship Church, Ed and Lisa Young, know the kind of pain most of us hope to never experience—the death of a child. And on today’s episode of the 4:13, they’ll share how they went from sorrow and anger to hope and healing.

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Can I Trash Expectations and Still Be Happy? With Amanda Held Opelt [Episode 293]

Trash Expectations Still Happy Amanda Held Opelt

What does it mean to be blessed? Are Christians automatically entitled to happiness, fulfillment, and perfect peace? Should God’s presence guarantee us emotional ease amidst suffering?

Wow! Those are some very interesting questions, aren’t they?

Well today, you’ll get far more than interesting answers. You are going to be enlightened and inspired as we consider our expectations of what a life of faith should feel like as we face difficulties.

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Can I Practice the Presence of Jesus? With Joni Eareckson Tada [BONUS]

Practice Presence Jesus Joni Eareckson Tada

GIVEAWAY ALERT: You can win the book The Practice of the Presence of Jesus by this week’s podcast guest. Keep reading to find out how!

“Suffering has a way of heaving you beyond the shallows of life where your faith feels ankle-deep. It casts you out into the fathomless depths of God.”

These profound words were written by an incredible woman and one of my heroes of the faith, Joni Eareckson Tada, who I’m super pumped to have on the podcast today. If anybody knows about the “I Can” life of Philippians 4:13 … it’s Joni.

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Can I Keep Praying Through My Tears? [Episode 236]

Keep Praying Tears Lament

Do you know what it means to lament? It’s one of the many ways we’re taught to pray in Scripture, and yet, so many people are confused or intimidated by the thought of lamenting to God.

You might think lament is nothing but grumbling and complaining, or that it’s a waste of God’s time when there are bigger things going on in the world. So instead of taking your concerns to God, you keep them bottled up inside. And, my friend, that only leads to being stuck.

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Can I Have a Relationship With God Without Going to Church? With Ericka Andersen [Episode 229]

Relationship God Without Church Ericka Andersen

GIVEAWAY ALERT: You can win the book Reason to Return by this week’s podcast guest. Keep reading to find out how!

Are you one of the 16 million American women who have left the church in the last decade? There are lots of reasons for this mass exodus. Yet, many of these women still desire a close relationship with God and a deeper spiritual life.

Well today, author Ericka Andersen delves into the reasons why women are leaving the church in droves.

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TikTok Sensation Katy Nichole on “God of Possible” [BONUS]

TikTok Sensation Katy Nichole In Jesus Name God of Possible

You may have heard Katy Nichole’s song, “In Jesus Name (God of Possible),” but what you may not realize is the painful story behind this beautiful song.

Katy found herself in a season of suffering as she battled chronic pain, feelings of hopelessness, anxiety, depression, and even contemplation of suicide. In her struggle, she became angry with God, but that’s when He reminded her that He is faithful.

God renewed her hope as she cried out to Him, and He gave her the words of this song as an encouragement to her own spirit. But now she shares these words as an encouragement to you too!